East India. The state of Sikkim falls under the Roman Catholic Diocese of Darjeeling with 60 parishes and 37,320 Catholics. This diocese fall under the province of the Archdiocese of Calcutta and ecclesiastically not included in the North Eastern region of India. (2) Syro Malabar Church Mission to the North East: With the decision of the synod of bishops of the Syro Malabar Catholic Church and under the guidance of Mar Raphael Thattil, the Syro Malabar Bishop of Shamshabad, a delegation made a visit to the North -Eastern States of Tripura, Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh from 7 May to 18 May 2019. On the basis of this visit and after much prayers, reflections and discussions together with the guidance of the Major Archbishop of Syro-Malabar Church Archbishop Mar George Alenchery, the Bishops took the decision to start the evangelical mission of the Syro Malabar Church in Northeast India. Thus the Eparchy of Irinjalakuda was invited to start a mission in the Northeast. The Bishop of Irinjalakuda accepted the Divine invitation and started the Silchar Syro-Malabar Catholic Mission - in short Silchar Mission - with St. Paul the Apostole of the Gentiles as the Heavenly Patron. On the day of the feast of the Assumption of Our Lady, 15 August 2019, the first mission house and chapel dedicated to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus were blessed at Silchar and the solemn Holy Qurbana was offered. (3) Syro Malankara Church mission to the North East: Pope Francis, on 26 March 2015 at 4:30 pm by the Decree N 7780/15 also erected the St. John Chrysostom Diocese for the Malankara Syrian Catholic Church which include the North Eastern region of India. The mission to North East India is presently under the care of Rev. Fr. Jigmy Thomas, Rev. Fr. Justin Raj R. and Rev. Fr. Sabi Varghese. Congregational Kuki Christian Church (312) 38,600 Evangelical Congregational Church of India (520) 72,500 Evangelical Free Church of India (293) 67,401 Independent Church of India (182) 65,027 Evangelical Church of Maraland (85) 33,000 Lutheran Northern Evangelical Lutheran Church (180) 87,541 Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Himalayan States 24,750 Bodo Evangelical Lutheran Church (65) 11,510 Gossner Evangelical Lutheran Church in Chotanagpur and Assam Manipur Evangelical Lutheran Church (49) 8,500 Methodist Methodist Church in India Methodist Mission Church in North East India (MMC NEI) Wesleyan Methodist Church of East India (Wesleyan Church) Mizoram Wesleyan Methodist Church Pentecostal Christian